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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3381484, member: 19463&quot;]The reverses that show the emperor on a platform show the citizen holding out a fold of his clothing to catch the &#039;shower&#039; of coins tossed in his direction by Liberalitas.&nbsp; Whether this is an actual depiction of how the distribution was made or more of an allegory is hardly worth arguing.&nbsp; The Eastern mint Domna shown by arizonarobin copies a scene&nbsp; from a Rome mint coin and the number of dots would mean less since it does not necessarily suggest what was given out there as much as suggesting the emperor was generous.&nbsp; Most of those Eastern coins probably went first to soldiers and they got a different deal than run of the mill citizens.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Today you can&#039;t do anything without it being captured on some cell phone video.&nbsp; Would it not be nice to have such coverage of some things from ancient times?&nbsp; Did someone dress up like Liberalitas and a select citizen catch his coins while everyone else got a bag from some local magistrate?&nbsp; We don&#039;t know.&nbsp; We never will unless we find a diary of someone honored by being chosen to be in the show (chances of that are less than slim!).&nbsp; Today everything is subject to details and many people have no concept of allegory. I can not prove whether every citizen climbed those stairs and caught the coins or not but counting the people and the length of time the emperor would be willing to sit there, I somehow doubt this is a literal demonstration of the whole truth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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